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Protecting your ideas = the inventor's guide to patents /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Protecting your ideas/ Joy L. Bryant.
Reminder of title:	the inventor's guide to patents /
Author:	Bryant, Joy L.
Published:	San Diego :Academic Press, : c1999.,
Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 222 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Patents - Handbooks, manuals, etc. -
Online resource:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780121384104
ISBN:	9780121384104 (electronic bk.)

Protecting your ideas = the inventor's guide to patents /
Bryant, Joy L.

Protecting your ideasthe inventor's guide to patents /[electronic resource] :Joy L. Bryant. - San Diego :Academic Press,c1999. - 1 online resource (xxi, 222 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Choose the right protection -- The types of patents and patent applications -- The invention process -- Documenting your ideas -- Researching your ideas -- Protect yourself -- Preparing the patent application -- Filing and prosecuting the patent application -- Deciding to patent -- Appendix I: resources -- Appendix II: patent & trademark depository libraries -- Appendix III: tips regarding invention development firms.

Intellectual property law is currently exploding, as demonstrated by the growth of technology transfer offices in universities. More and more scientists, companies, and institutions are rushing to secure intellectual property rights for their ideas and inventions. This process frustrates many people; patent laws are constantly changing, and most books about them are either overly technical or boring. Protecting Your Ideas: The Inventor's Guide to Patents is a succinct, straightforward guide to the system. This guide presents the steps involved in obtaining patent protection for inventions. It is easy to read and brimming with essential information and advice compounded from FAQs posed by the author's academic and industrial clientele. The text includes tips, warnings, and examples that guide the reader through the invention process so patent rights are not jeopardized. Checklists and other helpful information are provided to assist the inventor preparing to enter the patent process.

ISBN: 9780121384104 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

812784
Patents
--Handbooks, manuals, etc.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: T339 / .B92 1999eb

Dewey Class. No.: 608.773

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